BJP on Thursday attacked the Congress party and said that it was running a 'Modi hatao' campaign in Pakistan. Party spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the Congress leaders were demeaning Hindu community.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at the Congress party for 'demeaning' Hindus and running a 'Modi hatao' campaign in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the Congress party was carrying out a paid advertising campaign in Pakistan and deliberately targetting the Hindu community for crying foul over glorification of 'terrorists' in university campuses.

Referring to the row at Aligarh Muslim University, where a group of Kashmiri students held prayer meetings for Manan Wani, a student, who reportedly joined militant ranks in Jammu and Kashmir before being killed by security forces, Patra said, "If namaz-e-janaza is being organised for terrorists- be it Afzal Guru or Manan Wani- inside AMU, is it not condemnable? To say that it is condemned by Hindus, it is a wrong representation of facts. Why are you using such words?" he questioned.

Referring to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's remarks, wherein he said that a good Hindu does not want Ram Mandir to be built by demolishing somebody else's place of worship, Patra said that Congress' senior leaders will never use such words for any other religion. "You place Jinnah portrait inside AMU and then when condemned, cry that Hindus are doing so," he said. Patra also referred to Navjot Singh Sidhu's comments on South India and said that his affection towards Pakistan was clearly visible when he went to Pakistan recently.

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"Modi hatao campaign is being run in India and Pakistan. India is a democratic country. You can advertise against BJP in India. But what sense does it make to do so in Pakistan?" he questioned. “When I go to Tamil Nadu I don’t understand the language, there are only one or two words that I can... Not that I don’t like the food but still I can’t have it for a long time, the culture is totally different,” Sidhu had recently said in Kasauli.

"Mani Shankar Aiyer and Salman Khurshid are repeat offenders. Congress is trying to demean Hindus. Hindu community firmly believes in secularism and have always been saying Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam (the earth is our family)," he said.

Congress is 'demeaning' Hindus and running 'Modi hatao campaign' in Pakistan, says BJP's Sambit PatraDescription:BJP on Thursday attacked the Congress party and said that it was running a 'Modi hatao' campaign in Pakistan. Party spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the Congress leaders were demeaning Hindu community. Times Now